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this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. agony for the family of nicola bulley as police find a body in the river a mile from where she went missing. north korea test fires two ballistic missiles into the sea of japan. south korea calls it a grave provocation. nearly two weeks on from turkey and syria's devastating earthquakes, the search for survivors is coming to an end. new zealand extends its state of emergency for another seven days in the wake of cyclone gabrielle. the film about the first world war that's proved to be a big winner at the baftas.
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hello and welcome. police in lancashire in northern england are still working to identify a body, found in a river close to where missing mother—of—two nicola bulley was last seen. herfamily is being kept informed and her partner paul says he's in agony. the 45—year—old went missing more than three weeks ago, as our correspondent judith moritz reports. the search for nicola bulley has been on land, in water, and by air. now, finally, there's news that could be significant. the police were called just
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after 11:30 yesterday morning to reports of a body in the river wyre. the nearest road was quickly closed off and the footpath along the water's edge also sealed. after a mammoth search which extended all the way to the sea, this discovery was made within a short distance of where nicola went missing, near to the village of st michael's on wyre. she was last seen more than three weeks ago in a field, where she was walking her dog. her phone was then discovered on a bench next to the water. the body was found downriver, about a mile away. an underwater search team and specialist officers went into the water and recovered the body before it was taken away for the identification process to begin. a forensics tent was erected to preserve the scene. there will be a postmortem and then thereafter, there will, of course, be a coroner's inquest, so all the evidence has to be gathered as best and as professionally and as painstakingly as is required in order that the truth hopefully, at some point in the future,
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can be laid in front of the coroners�* court and an inquest and a verdict can be delivered. it's too early to know whether it is nicola who's been found. lancashire police say that herfamily is being kept informed as work's carried out to identify the remains. these aerial pictures show the stretch of riverjust after the bend where the discovery was made. it is an area which was searched with sonar equipment and divers, but search teams said that some parts of the water were hard to see because of debris. the investigation into nicola bulley�*s disappearance has attracted widespread speculation and after the police released personal details about her, there has also been a public and political backlash. and at the centre of it all, there's a distressed family who are waiting for news. judith moritz, bbc news, lancashire. our correspondent, yunus mulla, near where the body was recovered, says the nature of its discovery puts more
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pressure on the police. the discovery of a body so close to st michael's on wyre here in lancashire, just a mile or so away from where nicola's phone was found, will lead to a lot of questions — especially because police divers have searched that area a number of times, along with private divers. and questions will be asked as to how it was left to a man and a woman walking their dog, we understand, to find a body in the river, and so close to the village. there was that intense activity — police helicopters, police divers and a forensic tent that could be seen when that body was discovered. now, lancashire police have already seen a lot of criticism because of the way they released some details of nicola bulley�*s private life — her problems with alcohol and struggles with the menopause — many questioning whether that kind of detail was necessary at this stage of the investigation.
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there've been calls for explanations from the prime minister and the home secretary, and an internal review of the force's handling is also taking place. now, there's no formal identification that has been made of this discovery of the body, so lancashire police say at this stage, they can't say whether it is nicola that they have found. they have informed herfamily. clearly, for them, this is a very difficult and distressing time. north korea has fired two short—range missiles into the sea ofjapan, which it says can carry nuclear weapons. the launch comes two days after it resumed missile testing, by firing an intercontinental ballistic missile. let's speak to jean mackenzie our correspondent in the south korean capital seoul.
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seven weeks without any launches and then a flurry of activity over the weekend. what is the latest?— is the latest? these missile launchers — is the latest? these missile launchers do _ is the latest? these missile launchers do not _ is the latest? these missile launchers do not show- is the latest? these missile launchers do not show us i launchers do not show us anything new. they are not testing new weapons. for example we know that north korea has weapons that can reach the us mainland like the one we saw on saturday. what it is doing instead, it says, is holding military drills, so practising how to deploy and use its weapons and it is doing this, it says because it wants to warn the united states not to warn the united states not to hold these large military exercises that it has planned next month with south korea. we have seen a lot of this sabre rattling taking place over the last few months but in the last few days the north have been explicit about what they want to stop and what they want to achieve. it is not going to work, these military exercises will almost certainly go ahead because south korea and the united states say that holding
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the exercises precisely because they think fred from north korea is increasing. find they think fred from north korea is increasing. and how serious is — korea is increasing. and how serious is the _ korea is increasing. and how serious is the risk _ korea is increasing. and how serious is the risk of - serious is the risk of miscalculation or a further escalation in all of this? i think the threat comes when you look at the back and forth between the two sides. on saturday you had the north firing the missile and yesterday we saw the united states send up bombers with south korea and today we have had north korea retaliate. both sides respond to each other and show their strength. risk comes as we say we have military exercises coming up so we can expect these sorts of launchers and escalation to continue and with more missiles flying around of course it raises the chance that something could go wrong and we could see a mistake or a miscalculation and then suddenly the sabre rattling turns into something far more serious and actual confrontation.—
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confrontation. and what diplomacy _ confrontation. and what diplomacy is _ confrontation. and what diplomacy is going - confrontation. and what diplomacy is going on i confrontation. and what i diplomacy is going on at confrontation. and what - diplomacy is going on at the moment when it comes to what is happening between the west and young ang? that —— and north korea? -- and north korea? north korea is refusing _ -- and north korea? north korea is refusing to _ -- and north korea? north korea is refusing to talk _ -- and north korea? north korea is refusing to talk to _ -- and north korea? north korea is refusing to talk to the - is refusing to talk to the united states and refuses to give up nuclear weapons. and in the background it is working to refine and improve weapons as well as increase the stock pile of its arsenal. so north korea is becoming more dangerous and yes, this morning we have had the usual condemnation from the likes of the un and the us government condemning these missile launchers but currently the international community does not appear to know how to solve the problem.— solve the problem. thank you very much- — solve the problem. thank you very much. jean _ solve the problem. thank you very much. jean mckenzie - solve the problem. thank you i very much. jean mckenzie there for us in seoul. ambulance workers in england and wales begin more strikes today, with little to suggest an end to a dispute over their pay and conditions is in sight. more than 10,000 workers
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are taking part in today's industrial action as one union boss accuses the government of "putting its head in the sand" over the issue. peter ruddick reports. paramedics, emergency care assistants and 299 call handlers are once again swapping ambulances and control rooms for picket lines. workers from the gmb and united unions were walking out and seven different her ambulance areas are reflected. they will be joined by staff in wales after the gmb followed unite in rejecting a pay offer from the welsh government. in total more than 10,000 people will take part in a dispute that shows little sign of being resolved. minister has not met with us for several weeks and there is no date in the diary and it seems the government simply wants to put their head in the sand and hopes this disappears. our members movement is strong and they are getting increasingly angry about the way they are treated over this, they fear it should be
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addressed but the government are more interested in playing politics. the reality is that this public had their way we would have won this already. one ambulance district has tightened what calls it will respond to today. elsewhere in the nhs a ballot of 115,000 junior doctors from the british medical association, one of the smaller health unions today confirmed several hundred of itsjunior confirmed several hundred of its junior doctor members will also strike next month. health secretary steve barclay said the government remains keen to talk to unions about a fair and affordable deal but that strikes are in nobody�*s best interests. peter roddick, bbc news. turkey has ended rescue efforts in all provinces except those hardest hit by the earthquake two weeks ago as searches think it is unlikely to find anybody
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left alive. more than 111,000 people are known to have died including many in neighbouring syria. it is unclear how many are still missing and almost half of those killed were in the southern city of untucked your web barely a building remains untouched by the quake. laura bicker and her team have spent the last 2a hours on the streets with rescuers and survivors as parts of the city are raised to the ground. in and take your, they are thankful to find the dead. the search now is really for survivors, it is to help families say goodbye. before dawn a heat signal was found in this rubble, there is a small chance of finding a survivor but rescuers say it is their duty to keep digging. irate but rescuers say it is their duty to keep digging. we are standin: duty to keep digging. we are standing here _ duty to keep digging. we are standing here with _ duty to keep digging. we are standing here with the - duty to keep digging. we are j standing here with the family because we are with an emotionally and they are going
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to know that we are. $5 emotionally and they are going to know that we are.— to know that we are. as more buildings _ to know that we are. as more buildings crumble _ to know that we are. as more buildings crumble and - to know that we are. as more buildings crumble and and - to know that we are. as more | buildings crumble and and tack outlooks almost apocalypse dig. most rescue teams have gone. instead, diggers claw at the shells of buildings. day and night they hack away at the concrete that killed so many. more than 800 people died in this block alone. other corners of antarctica have been left, abandoned. this part of the city centre has been evacuated and there is no—one around, it is like a ghost town and, eventually, it will be raised to the ground. and yet we find tahir, living in his car, keeping vigil by his crumbled
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home. translation: although our ast was home. translation: although our past was filled _ home. translation: although our past was filled with _ home. translation: although our past was filled with beauty - home. translation: although our past was filled with beauty you - past was filled with beauty you could say it is over. the city is over. the city is upside down. i don't know how you would say it but i say our backs are broken. to would say it but i say our backs are broken. to hear once -la ed backs are broken. to hear once played football _ backs are broken. to hear once played football for _ backs are broken. to hear once played football for the - backs are broken. to hear once played football for the city. - played football for the city. he has lived on this street for 67 years. translation: thea;r 67 years. translation: they brou . ht 67 years. translation: they brought out — 67 years. translation: they brought out the _ 67 years. translation: they brought out the bodies - 67 years. translation: tie: brought out the bodies of neighbourhood people from there, a husband—and—wife. they were taken out of here, dead. may god rest their souls. he believes that an attacker can believes that an attacker can be rebuilt but not here. not on the ground where so many lost their lives. on the edge of the rubble, camps have been set up for those who have nowhere else
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to go. a makeshift cinema brings a little balljoy and volunteers work hard to keep families warm. they are told that shipping container homes will eventually replace the ten. this family tell me they are gratefulfor ten. this family tell me they are grateful for the help but they say all they have left is desperation. translation: it is dead, it is desperation. translation: it 3 dead, it is finished. meanwhile after 20 hours of searching, hector and the rest of the mexican rescue team still have not given up. but it is clear it is not the outcome they would hope for. as another family mourns, the diggers continue their work, condemning this ancient capital to dust. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: spurs ascending — tottenham climb into the top four in the english premier league.
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we'll bring you a round—up of the day's sport. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of| an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have i produced a sheep called dolly using a cell- from another sheep. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of best film was la la land. the only trouble was, it wasn't. the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushing speeches by the team behind the modern musical. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time - the public will see this pope.
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very soon, ifor the sake of the credibility. and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, j be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. i this is bbc news. the latest headlines: agony for the family of nicola bulley as police find a body in the river a mile from where she went missing. north korea test fires two ballistic missiles into the sea of japan. south korea calls it a grave provocation. new zealand prime minister chris hipkins has extended the state of emergency for another seven days after cyclone gabrielle hit the northern parts of the island last week. the death toll from the disaster stands at 11 — although there are fears that the number will increase. 2,000 people still unaccounted for. our correspondent phil mercer's following
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this for us. what more can you tell us? the new zealand — what more can you tell us? tte: new zealand prime what more can you tell us? "tt2 new zealand prime minister chris atkins is saying his country's resilience is being tested by ever before as you say the state of emergency only the third and new zealand history, is being extended by seven days. the cabinet has been holding an emergency session in the last few hours, they have unveiled a multi—million dollar plan to rebuild roads and transport links, and also give immediate relief to businesses. as you say, 11 people so far are confirmed to have died after cyclone gabrielle. those 2000 people who remain un— contactable, causing some concern to the authorities. there is no suggestion that their lives are in danger, many
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of them, because internet and phone services have been disrupted, so it could well be the vast majority of those people who are unaccounted for are in communication blackspots. in are in communication blackspots.— are in communication blacksots. ., blackspots. in the meantime the authorities _ blackspots. in the meantime the authorities are _ blackspots. in the meantime the authorities are trying _ blackspots. in the meantime the authorities are trying to - authorities are trying to figure out the cost of rebuilding the devastated infrastructure, homes, businesses, it will be a high cost, won't? it businesses, it will be a high cost, won't?— businesses, it will be a high cost, won't? if you look at a ma of cost, won't? if you look at a map of new _ cost, won't? if you look at a map of new zealand, - cost, won't? if you look at a map of new zealand, the i cost, won't? if you look at a . map of new zealand, the north island, the eastern part, of the north island have been particularly badly hurt, that's not to say other parts of the north island haven't been affected because they have, in certain parts of the country, roads have been washed away, bridges no longer exist, and many homes have been inundated. what we have seen on the east coast of the north island, as absolute devastation, there is absolute devastation, there is a warning that the floodwaters this mountain of silt that has
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accumulated in many communities, could well contain sewage, chemicals and other contaminants. there is a figure being suggested in new zealand of eight in us dollars and reconstruction. and the government says the road ahead will be extremely long and expensive, in terms of the rebuilding and government officials say that the cost of recovering from cyclone gabrielle, new zealand could rival the cost of the recovery from the earthquake in the city of christchurch in 2011. {lilia of christchurch in 2011. 0k, phil mercer, _ of christchurch in 2011. 0k, phil mercer, thank- of christchurch in 2011. 0k, phil mercer, thank you. - time for an update on all the latest sports news. hello there — i'm gavin ramjaun with your update from the bbc sport centre. marcus rashford continued his fine form in the english premier league, scoring twice in manchester united's 3—0 victory over leicester city. united are still in third but now closer to the two teams above them. they're only five points
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behind leaders arsenal. jadon sancho got the other goal at old trafford while leicester stay four points above the relegation zone. the team is putting him on the right position, especially bruno, he is great, how many passes he gets behind, he crosses in, so is not only bruno but he is doing a great job. tottenham have moved into the champions league places. they won 2—0 against london rivals west ham. son heung—min coming off the bench to add to emerson royal's opening goal. they're in fourth, a point above newcastle with west ham still in the bottom three. mallory swanson scored for the fifth—straight match as the united states beat japan 1—0 in their shebelieves cup match in nashville. taking the ball from just over the half—way line, she raced through on goal, to finish past ayaka yamashita. usa won their second game in the round—robin tournament, and face brazil in their final match on wednesday. india need a win against ireland at the women's t20 world cup to keep their hopes of making the final four. but pakistan's hopes of reaching the semi—finals are more or less over
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after they suffered a dramatic final—over defeat to the west indies in paarl. the windies' total of 116 was built upon their top three batters. rashada williams led the way with 30 runs from 3a balls. in reply, pakistan looked all set for victory, after scoring 13 runs from the first four balls of the 20th over. but the wicket of aliya riaz from the penultimate ball swung it the west indies�* way. new zealand kept their hopes of reaching the semi—finals alive, with a dominant 102—run win over sri lanka. amelia kerr hit 66 from 48 balls and suzie bates added 56 from 49 as new zealand posted 162—3 in paarl. sri lanka crumbled to 60 all out in reply to end their own last—four hopes. the win moves new zealand up to second in group 1, but south africa will replace them, and seal a semi—final spot if they beat bangladesh on tuesday. carlos alcaraz has won his 7th atp title and his first of the year — the 19—year—old picking up
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a straight—sets win over cameron norrie in sunday's argentina open final. world number two alcaraz, who made his return from injury in buenos aires after more than three months out, wrapped up the win in just over an hour and a half, beating norrie for a fourth time in five attempts. alcaraz is the first spanish player to win the title in buenos aires since rafa nadal in 2015. jon rahm is back as the men's number one in golf again after a sensational final round in the genesis invitational in california, which saw him claim a two—shot victory. the spaniard, who led at the end of the third round, had fallen behind to american max homa — with six holes to play. but moved ahead after birdies on the back nine including holing from 45 feet at the 14th. the victory is rahm's 10th pga tour title, which sees him jump back above scottie scheffler in rankings. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun and the rest of the sport team, we'll see
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you next time. the red carpet was rolled out in london for the bafta. among the winners the banshees of initiator elvis and seven back as for the german—speaking film all quiet on the western front. the glitziest night of the british film calendar, where silver and shimmer rule the red carpet and the talent came to london to celebrate and be celebrated, sometimes with tears. often with autographs. cate blanchett has been the bookies' favourite for best actress from the off. and what of the irish contingent? would the banshees of inisherin and their film about a friendship gone wrong win the hearts of bafta voters? now, if i've done something to you, just tell me what i've done to you. you didn't do anything to me. their rift takes the film to very dark places. the banshees of inisherin.
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last night, it was named outstanding british film, to the joy and amusement of its director. i know every irish person in the cast and crew are kind of going, "best what award? i" but... laughter. kerry condon. the film's supporting actors cleaned up, too. in an awkward moment, kerry condon picked up her award after the wrong person was initially announced. both: barry keoghan! best supporting actor went to her co—star, an actor who spent time in care as a child. also for the kids that are dreaming to be something from the area that i came from, this is for youse. austin butler won best actor for his hip—swinging, beat—perfect turn as elvis. # ..go to college. # you may to to school... cate blanchett. and cate blanchettjoined the all—white acting category winners — her third best actress bafta, this for the film tar. every year, these idiosyncratic, remarkable performances just break down the myth that women's
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experience is monolithic. but the night belonged to one film, all quiet on the western front — an epic that lays bare the horrors of war. all quiet on the western front. seven baftas, including the top awards for best director and best film. all quiet on the western front tells the story of young men who, poisoned by right—wing political nationalist propaganda, go to war thinking it's an adventure, and war is anything but an adventure. a sobering thought that reflects the times we live in. katie razzall, bbc news. yes, indeed we will be talking about the in our business coverage because this week marks one year since the war
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began in ukraine. we will be looking at the impact that has had in particular on the energy industry. i'll be back injust a moment with the top business stories. hello. it was a very mild weekend and it looks as though monday is going to be every bit as mild, but how about the week overall? here's the summary. that mild start monday and tuesday. we're expecting a cold front to reach us on wednesday, so there will be some rain midweek. and then, after that, it's going to turn a little bit colder. so, here's the forecast, then, and starting with the satellite picture, you can see the clouds are still streaming in out of the south—west, so a mild direction, hence those higher temperatures. and the weather map also shows isobars — and plenty of them — across northern scotland, and that means those strong winds will continue through early monday. so, the forecast, then, shows lots of cloud through the early hours but a few clear spells as well. wet in western scotland and the early morning
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temperatures will be typically around double figures across the board, maybe a little fresher in the south where we will have had a few clear spells. so, lots of cloud first thing but clouds will break to give way to sunny spells, maybe to the east of the high ground around the midlands to the south. temperatures could actually reach 16 degrees celsius in eastern parts of the country but where the clouds persist, more typically around 11—13 degrees. so, that's monday. how about tuesday? a weather front is approaching which will introduce, eventually, colder air but it's still to the west of us — we're ahead of it — and ahead of it, we've got that south—westerly airstream and a lot of cloud around on tuesday, and the cloud will be thick — i don't think there'll be many sunny spells developing on tuesday. temperatures still managing to reach around 11—13 degrees celsius. and then, a change happens on wednesday. a cold front sweeps across the country and pushes the milder air towards the east, but it's not desperately cold air — in fact, we're expecting the temperatures to return
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to the seasonal norm so, yes, it's a northerly from a cold direction but it's not all that cold. i think it's going to feel colder because of the cloud and the rain and the stronger wind on the north sea, so the temperatures even as high as ten degrees in one or two spots and, yes, there is a chance of a few wintry showers but that's mostly across the scottish mountains. so midweek, yes, a mixed bag with outbreaks of rain. here's the summary with the outlook. a mild start to the week. rain midweek with that slightly colder air arriving. and then end of the week, it could actually improve once again. bye— bye.
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